Eric Löhrer Quartet a Self-Taught Man, Eric Löhrer’S Musical Career Debuted During His Studies of Philosophy
Eric Löhrer Quartet A self-taught man, Eric Löhrer’s musical career debuted during his studies of philosophy. By the age of 23 he had recorded his first disc in a trio, upon which reviews heaped immediate praise. He then found himself deeply involved in numerous jazz projects, first with his groups The Eric Löhrer Trio and Open Air, and then in collabo- ration with such musicians as Jean-Michel Pilc, Eric Lelann, Andy Emler, Eric Barret, Edouard Ferlet and Julien Lourau. Eric also went solo in 1998 with an acoustical tribute to Thelonious Monk entitled évidence. Löhrer’s journey has been marked by many noteworthy incursions into other musical domains. There is rock ‘n’ roll with the band Superphenix, Steve Nieve, French chanson with Jeanne Cherhal, Alain Eric Löhrer Chamfort. He does soul with Almo, world music with Geoffrey Oryema, Guitarist and composer Mama Ohandja, l’Orchestre National de Barbès and Diogal, and con- b. 1965 temporary music with l’Ensemble l’Itinéraire; he’s even recorded with the unclassifiable group Olympic Gramofon. This cornucopia of experience has led to many gigs at some of Paris’s finest nightclubs, including the Olympia, Cigale, Grand Rex, Elysée Montmartre, Bataclan and New Morning. Nationally he has performed at jazz festivals from Antibes to Paris, from Le Mans to Marciac, in the suburbs with Banlieues Bleues and at many other main festivals and events around the country. He has also toured extensively overseas. In 2005 he did Ecuador, Tunisia and Italy while also finding time for the Tokyo New Jazz Festival. In other years he has performed Canada, Italy, Spain, Germany, Romania, Moldavia, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and taken part in WOMAD events in Sicily, South Africa, Singapore, England and the United States.
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